Why Josh Kerr’s Mile Record Won’t Get 27 Years
The last time the mile record fell after a long stagnation, it fell four more times within four years. The forces that protected 3:43.13 for a generation have now collapsed in public.
Track and Field
The Anatomy of Josh Kerr’s 3:42.66
The official splits from London show a 54.9 final lap, a second half faster than the first, and a 1,500m passed as quickly as Kerr has ever raced one.
Track and Field
Josh Kerr Takes Down the Mile World Record That Stood for 27 Years
The 28-year-old ran 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League on Saturday, taking nearly half a second off Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1999 mark. Yared Nuguse finished second in 3:45.69.
Track and Field
Josh Kerr Proved Records Can Be Engineered. Rivals Can’t Be.
Project 222 carried the Breaking2 playbook into a sanctioned race and came away with a world record. The ingredient that made it history was the one nobody could manufacture.
Jessy Carveth
Josh Kerr’s Last Hard Workout Was the Fastest 1,200m in History. The Mile World Record Attempt Comes Saturday
The Olympic 1,500m silver medalist revealed Friday that he covered 1,200m in 2:42.45 in an Albuquerque time trial, hand-timed and at 5,335 feet. He chases Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year-old mile record of 3:43.13 in London at 3:36 p.m. BST Saturday.
Elite Runners
Gabby Thomas Says Her Next Chapter May Be Women’s Health Research
Speaking in London a day before facing Julien Alfred over 200m, the triple Olympic champion said she may take on the research gap in elite women’s health once her season ends in Budapest this September.
Elite Runners
Why Josh Kerr’s Mile Record Attempt Is Unlike Any That Came Before It
The most celebrated barrier runs of this century were exhibitions the record book ignored. The 3:42.00 Kerr chases in London on Saturday was engineered, from the start, to count.
Track and Field
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